Streaming 4K videos (or fitting them onto a 50GB physical disc) requires better video codecs. MPEG2 wouldn't be enough.
Personally, I see the benefit in 4K having a setup to take advantage of it.
Personally, I see the benefit in 4K having a setup to take advantage of it.
One could definitely take parts of MPEG1 and MPEG2 to create a new good enough codec for many use cases.
Well people did exactly that - and they named it:
- MPEG-4 Part 2 (also known under names like DivX, Xvid, ...)
- MPEG-4 Part 11 (also known as AVC, H.264, ...)
- VP8
- VP9
- AV1
- MPEG-H Part 2 (also known as HEVC, H.265)